That is because 768/768 is a business grade SDSL [routed] connection. They couldn't afford to give you the same type of service at residential rates. If they did, who would buy the business grade lines? Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Jorgensen" <jasonj at talkware.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] DSL woes > When onvoy dropped DSL I switched to speakeasy.net and to get the same 768k/768k > the charge is $150 a month instead of $70 from onvoy. Both go through Covad. > > > > > Bob Tanner wrote: > > > Quoting Thomas T. Veldhouse (veldy at veldy.net): > > > Yep -- I use Covad for my DSL and I work for PSINet. I am heading down a > > > long slope to a bottomless pit. > > > > For all of you with the DSL woes, has the switch from providers changed your > > pricing at all? > > > > If so, how (cheaper, more expensive)? > > > > I think the problem is that this national dsl providers are playing the pricing > > game against cable and they are loosing. Cable has the whole revenue model from > > the TV service, so IP stuff is just frosting. > > > > -- > > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > Key fingerprint = 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >